World Journal of Experimental Medicine

Mizoguchi A. Here comes the WJEM
experimental medicine. Congratulations to the publisher,
members of editorial board of the journal, all the authors
and readers for this memorable event!
Experimental medicine is an essential part in medical
research to provide solid rationale to cultivate novel, effective
and safety measures for a wide spectrum of clinical
purposes - prevention, diagnosis, prognosis, treatment,
rehabilitation and nursing. In addition, recent advances in
genetic and engineering technologies, such as medical devices
and imaging, along with the expertise of experimental
medicine have provided significant contributions for
bringing novel concepts into diverse disease conditions
that range from autoimmune diseases to cancer. Indeed,
a growing body of evidence in the field of experimental
medicine indicates more complicated mechanisms in the
majority of diseases than previously predicted, suggesting
the requirement of further extensive research. For
example, many factors such as genetic, immune and environmental
influences are all responsible for determining
the induction as well as the progression of diseases. This
fact clearly highlights the requirement of “personalized
medicine” in the management of patients who have
different genetic backgrounds and been exposed to different
environmental factors. I believe that much more
accumulation of data is needed from various fields within
experimental medicine to successfully construct a database
platform for such personalized medicine.
SCOPE
In order to achieve this long-term goal, the aim of the
WJEM is to rapidly report new theories, methods and
techniques for prevention, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation
and nursing in the field of experimental medicine.
The WJEM covers topics concerning clinical laboratory
medicine (applied and basic research in hematology, body
fluid examination, cytomorphology, genetic diagnosis of
hematological disorders, thrombosis and hemostasis, and
blood typing and transfusion), biochemical examination
(applied and basic research in laboratory automation and
information systems, biochemical methodology and biochemical
diagnostics), clinical microbiology (microbiological
laboratory quality control and management; microbiological
specimen collection and its influencing factors;
conventional, automatic or molecular detection of clinical
microorganisms; monitoring of bacterial and fungal
drug resistance, drug resistance mechanisms and rational
application of antibiotics; monitoring and control of
nosocomial infections), immunodiagnostics (laboratory
diagnosis of infectious diseases, tumor markers and their
application, laboratory diagnosis of autoimmune diseases
and immunotechnology), clinical laboratory management
(laboratory quality control and management, traceability
and calibration, information management systems and
laboratory automation, and laboratory biosafety management)
and experimental medicine-related traditional
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medicine, integrated Chinese and Western medicine. The
journal also publishes original articles and reviews that report
the results of experimental medicine-related applied
and basic research in fields such as immunology, physiopathology,
cell biology, pharmacology, medical genetics
and pharmacology of Chinese herbs.
CONTENTS OF PEER REVIEW
In order to guarantee the quality of articles published in
the journal, WJEM usually invites three experts to comment
on the submitted papers. The contents of peer review
include: (1) whether the contents of the manuscript
are of great importance and novelty; (2) whether the
experiment is complete and described clearly; (3) whether
the discussion and conclusion are justified; (4) whether
the citations of references are necessary and reasonable;
and (5) whether the presentation and use of tables and
figures are correct and complete.
COLUMNS
The columns in issues of the WJEM will include: (1)
Editorial: to introduce and comment on the substantial
advance and its importance in the fast-developing areas;
(2) Frontier: to review the most representative achievements
and comment on the current research status in the
important fields and propose directions for the future research;
(3) Topic Highlight: this column consists of three
formats, including (A) 10 invited review articles on a hot
topic, (B) a commentary on common issues of this hot
topic, and (C) a commentary on the 10 individual articles;
(4) Observation: to update the development of old and
new questions, highlight unsolved problems and provide
strategies on how to solve the questions; (5) Guidelines
for Clinical Practice: to provide guidelines for clinical
diagnosis and treatment; (6) Review: to systematically
review the most representative progress and unsolved
problems in the major scientific disciplines, comment
on the current research status and make suggestions on
the future work; (7) Original Articles: to originally report
the innovative and valuable findings in experimental
medicine; (8) Brief Articles: to briefly report the novel
and innovative findings in experimental medicine; (9)
Case Report: to report a rare or typical case; (10) Letters
to the Editor: to discuss and reply to the contributions
published in the WJEM, or to introduce and comment
on a controversial issue of general interest; (11) Book Reviews:
to introduce and comment on quality monographs
of experimental medicine; and (12) Guidelines: to introduce
consensuses and guidelines reached by international
and national academic authorities worldwide on research
in experimental medicine.
We welcome any articles that set a challenge to current
concepts in translational, pre-clinical or clinical fields.
Our editorial board members are looking forward to your
submissions and anticipate working with you to achieve
our mission.
S- Editor Wang JL L- Editor Roemmele A E- Editor Zheng XM
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